I used to be afraid of the dark重点词汇与短语1．terrify使害怕、使恐惧 2. chew咀嚼3．afford买得起 4. cause造成、引起5. chat聊天6. patient有耐心的、忍耐的7. decision决定、决心8. necessary 必须的、必要的9. waste 浪费、滥用10. used to过去常常11. be interested in 对......感兴趣12. be afraid（terrified）of 害怕、恐怕13. on the swim team在游泳队14. with the bedroom light on 开着卧室的灯15. give up放弃16. go to sleep 入睡17. get into trouble with给某人找麻烦18. make a decision下决心19. to one’s surprise令人惊奇的是20. take pride in引以为自豪21. pay attention to注意22. no longer不再课文语法讲解ed?to的用法?:否定形式：usedn’t to do didn’t use to do反意疑问句：usedn’t / didn’t回答：Yes, I used to/ Yes, I did. No, I usedn’t adj: useful / useless adv: usefully/ uselesslya used car= a second-hand car“used?to加不定式”表示过去常常干某事，现在不在干了。

?be?used?to?doing表示习惯于干某事。

?be used to do 被用来做… use…to do…用…来做…be/get used to doing 习惯于做2.be afraid to与be afraid of的用法区别英语语法be afraid of doing担心出现doing的状况、结果。

doing 是客观上造成的，意为“生怕，恐怕”。

3. .be interested in ；interest中考英语重点单词1）?interest作名词。

①意为“兴趣”时,常作不可数名词。

常见短语show?/?have?interest?in?(doing)?sth.,意为“对……表现出?/?有兴趣”。

如: She?showed?great?interest?in?the?meeting.她对这次会议表现出极大的兴趣。

②意为“业余爱好”或“感兴趣的事”时,常作可数名词。

如:He?has?two?great?interests.?One?is?sports?and?the?other?is?music.?他有两大爱好:一个是体育,另一个是音乐。

2）.?interested是形容词,常用结构be?interested?in?(doing)?sth.意为“对(做)……感兴趣”,主语是人。

如:John?is?interested?in?history.??约翰喜欢历史。

He?is?interested?in?drawing?pictures.他对画画感兴趣。

3）.?interesting也是形容词,意为“令人感兴趣的”,既可以作表语,也可以作定语。

4. terrify vt. 使害怕；使恐惧terrify sbterrifying 可怕的sb be terrified of= be very afraid of be terrified that5. go to sleep 入睡go to sleep 入睡=get to sleep =fall asleepgo to bed 上床睡觉be asleep 睡着了a sleeping bag睡袋; sleeping pills安眠药; a sleeping car卧铺火车6. chat聊天，先谈chatted- chatted Chat with/to sb about sth Chatting room聊天室gossip 八卦短语die of 死于疾病，饥饿，寒冷等内部因素die from 死于（车祸等外部因素）9. afford=have enough time/money to do sth 买得起，负担得起常于can ,could ,be able to连用10. patient n. 病人adj. 有耐心的<==>没有耐心的impatientn. patience<==>impatience do sth with patience = do sth patiently be patient with sb/ at sth eg: I’m always patient with my little dog.11. in the end = at last= finally 最后<==> in the beginningat the end of 在…的末尾，在…末端（时间，空间）<==> at the beginning of by the end of 在...＋时间段用于过去完成时/ 将来完成时12. decision n.决定，决心cnmake a decision to do = decide to do = make up one’s mind to do13. necessaryeg: It is necessary for sb to do sth=sb needs to do sth= there is need for sb to do sth.sb find/think/suppose it (is) necessary to do sth.It’s necessary for us to kn ow what we want to be in the future.14. even though (1) = even if 即使，纵然,(2) = although/ though 虽然I can still remember, even though it was so long ago.虽然这是很久以前的事情，我还是记得。

15. no longer 不再已不，No more与瞬时动词连用，表程度不再增加，次数不再重复，no longer与延续性动词或表示状态的词连用，表示时间上的“不再”持续，(过去曾经......，现在不......)。

The baby no more cried=The boy didn't cried any more.(表哭的程度不再增加) He no longer works/lives here.＝He doesn't live\work here any longer.(表示过去在这里工作\住,现在不在这里工作\住).{ no more还可表数量上" 和...... 一样不......"常和than 连用，no longer 不行。

A whale is no more a fish than an elephant.(a whale ,a elephaht都不是鱼）It's no more than a kilometre to the school. )}16. take pride in A take/show/feel pride in B = A be proud of B = B be the pride of Ado sth proudly = do sth with pride17. .attentionvi. attend to do sth. = pay (one’s) attention to sth/ doing （to是介词）专心于（做）……to作介词的短语有：be used to doingprefer doing to doinglook forward to doingget down to doingmake a contribution to doing18.give up 放弃，认输give up sth.give it/ them upgive up sth/doing = stop doing= drop doingEven though they were very tired, they didn’t give up discussing the question.19 waste vt. waste sth(time/ money) on sb/ sth waste time (in) doing sthn. a waste of 对于……的浪费课文知识点1. used to do sth. 过去常常做某事否定形式：didn’t use to do sth. / used not to do sth.如：He used to play football after school. 放学后他过去常常踢足球。

Did he use to play football? Yes, I did. No, I didn’t.He didn’t use to smoke. 他过去不吸烟。

2. 反意疑问句①肯定陈述句＋否定提问如：Lily is a student, isn’t she?Lily will go to China, won’t she?②否定陈述句＋肯定提问如：She doesn’t come from China, does she?You haven’t finished homework, have you?③提问部分用代词而不用名词Lily is a student, isn’t she?④陈述句中含有否定意义的词，如：little, few, never, nothing, hardly等。

其反意疑问句用肯定式。

如：He knows little English, does he?他一点也不懂英语，不是吗？They hardly understood it, did they?他们几乎不明白，不是吗？3. play the piano弹钢琴4. ①be interested in sth. 对…感兴趣②be interested in doing sth. 对做…感兴趣如：He is interested in math, but he isn’t interested in speaking English. 他对数学感兴趣，但是他对说英语不感兴趣。